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Jim Finigan
James Leroy Finigan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School St. Ambrose University

Debut April 25, 1954
Final Game July 5, 1959
Born August 19, 1928 in Quincy, IL
Died May 16, 1981 in Quincy, IL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 25 PHA AL 136  487   57  147  25  6   7   51   2  8  64  66  .302  .381  .421  120  205   6   3       0  17 MVP-12,RoY-2,AS
 1955 26 KCA AL 150  545   72  139  30  7   9   68   1  3  61  49  .255  .333  .385   93  210   5   1   6   3  18 AS
 1956 27 KCA AL  91  250   29   54   7  2   2   21   3  1  30  28  .216  .298  .284   55   71   5   4   1   1   6
 1957 28 DET AL  64  174   20   47   4  2   0   17   1  1  23  18  .270  .357  .316   84   55   5   1   2   1   3
 1958 29 SFG NL  23   25    3    5   2  0   0    1   0  0   3   5  .200  .310  .280   60    7   0   0   1   1   1
 1959 30 BAL AL  48  119   14   30   6  0   1   10   1  0   9  10  .252  .300  .328   75   39   0   2   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      512 1600  195  422  74 17  19  168   8 13 190 176  .264  .342  .367   92  587  21  11  10   6  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        506   62  134  23  5   6   53   3  4  60  56  .264  .342  .367   92  186   7   3   3   2  16
 Career High    150  545   72  147  30  7   9   68   3  8  64  66  .302  .381  .421  120  210   6   4   6   3  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 25 PHA AL  560  374   76   5.4    99| .302  .265| .381  .341| .421  .388| .802  .729| 120  .611  15.0   1.5  20%
 1955 26 KCA AL  615  433   68   4.2   103| .255  .267| .333  .347| .385  .398| .718  .746|  93  .460  -6.5  -0.6  25%
 1956 27 KCA AL  290  212   23   2.9   106| .216  .267| .298  .349| .284  .408| .582  .757|  55  .284 -16.2  -1.6  75%
 1957 28 DET AL  204  137   21   4.2   102| .270  .266| .357  .339| .316  .402| .673  .741|  84  .473  -3.4  -0.3  50%
 1958 29 SFG NL   29   21    2   2.6   104| .200  .267| .310  .335| .280  .417| .590  .752|  60  .250  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1959 30 BAL AL  130   97   11   3.0    96| .252  .257| .300  .328| .328  .393| .628  .720|  75  .338  -3.8  -0.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1828 1274  201   4.2   102| .264  .266| .342  .343| .367  .397| .709  .740|  92  .473 -16.1  -1.5  38%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 25 PHA AL 3B 136 151 305 25 34 .948 .959 3.35 3.07 AS 1955 26 KCA AL 2B 90 236 228 12 72 .975 .976 5.16 4.87 AS 3B 59 55 135 8 13 .960 .950 3.22 2.73 AS 1956 27 KCA AL 2B 52 114 105 7 35 .969 .973 4.21 4.74 5.61 5.44 39 351.3 3B 32 29 70 9 7 .917 .949 3.09 2.78 3.51 3.22 29 254.0 1957 28 DET AL 3B 59 58 108 8 9 .954 .951 2.81 2.77 3.39 3.23 46 440.7 2B 3 8 4 1 2 .923 .984 4.00 4.83 5.14 5.40 2 21.0 1958 29 SFG NL 2B 8 4 7 1 2 .917 .973 1.38 4.76 3.81 5.33 2 26.0 3B 4 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.75 2.85 1.93 3.15 1 14.0 1959 30 BAL AL 3B 42 30 64 4 4 .959 .952 2.24 2.72 3.16 3.21 29 267.7 2B 6 6 11 0 2 1.000 .977 2.83 4.73 10.93 5.27 0 14.0 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.95 0.00 4.95 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 26 KCA AL 2B 90 236 228 12 72 .975 .976 5.16 4.87 1956 27 KCA AL 2B 52 114 105 7 35 .969 .973 4.21 4.74 5.61 5.44 39 351.3 1957 28 DET AL 2B 3 8 4 1 2 .923 .984 4.00 4.83 5.14 5.40 2 21.0 1958 29 SFG NL 2B 8 4 7 1 2 .917 .973 1.38 4.76 3.81 5.33 2 26.0 1959 30 BAL AL 2B 6 6 11 0 2 1.000 .977 2.83 4.73 10.93 5.27 0 14.0 1954 25 PHA AL 3B 136 151 305 25 34 .948 .959 3.35 3.07 1955 26 KCA AL 3B 59 55 135 8 13 .960 .950 3.22 2.73 1956 27 KCA AL 3B 32 29 70 9 7 .917 .949 3.09 2.78 3.51 3.22 29 254.0 1957 28 DET AL 3B 59 58 108 8 9 .954 .951 2.81 2.77 3.39 3.23 46 440.7 1958 29 SFG NL 3B 4 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.75 2.85 1.93 3.15 1 14.0 1959 30 BAL AL 3B 42 30 64 4 4 .959 .952 2.24 2.72 3.16 3.21 29 267.7 1959 30 BAL AL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.95 0.00 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 332 323 685 55 67 .948 .954 3.04 2.88 105 976.3 2B* 159 368 355 21 113 .972 .975 4.55 4.82 43 412.3 SS* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.95 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 493 691 1040 76 180 .958 .963 3.51 3.51
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   PHA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1955   KCA AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1954
1955 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1954-AL-12-0.06
Car-1023-0.06 shares

Batting Average
1954 AL-.302-9

On-base %
1954 AL-.381-9

Games
1955 AL-150-7

At Bats
1955 AL-545-9

Doubles
1954 AL-25-10
1955 AL-30-4

Triples
1955 AL-7-8

Strikeouts
1954 AL-66-9

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-6-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1954 AL-17-7
1955 AL-18-4

Caught Stealing
1954 AL-8-7

Outs
1955 AL-433-9

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1309) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 16, 1953: Traded by the New York Yankees with Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Vic Power, Bill Renna, and Jim Robertson to the Philadelphia Athletics for Harry Byrd, Eddie Robinson, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro, and Loren Babe.

December 5, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington, and Eddie Robinson to the Detroit Tigers for Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks, Wayne Belardi, and $20,000.

January 28, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with $25,000 to the San Francisco Giants for Ozzie Virgil and Gail Harris.

October, 1958: Sent from the San Francisco Giants to the Baltimore Orioles in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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